The Perfects 10s ... Well So Far

John Nash

Published 8:00 pm, Tuesday, June 30, 2009

For the record, the Wilton 10-year-old Little League All-Star squad, which had its roster published in last week's edition of the Wilton Villager, has changed slightly as the Distirct 1 tournament kicked off on Thursday. Here's an update to day list of who is representing the Littlest of Warriors this summer:

Andrew Connolly

Henry Hovland

Jack Mastrianna

John Maudsley

Kieran McGovern

Brian O'Connell

Ryan Osgood

David Schneidman

JD Shannon

Jake Shrader

Michael Tienken

Kiernan Ursone

Andrew West

Jack Williams

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That being said, the squad did open its 2009 summer season with a 7-3 victory over Norwalk. Here's the game report:

DARIEN — The Wilton Little League 10-year-old All-Stars got their District 1 postseason off to a positive start in fine style posting an impressive 7-3 victory over Norwalk on Sunday.

“When I think about this game, what really impressed me was that the boys really performed on all levels and EVERYONE of them contributed to the victory,” said manager Jeff Mastrianna.

The team got great pitching from starter Jack Mastrianna, who pitched five shut out innings, giving up one hit. In the 6th inning, Mastrianna gave way to Johnnie Maudsley and Andrew West to close out the win.

The team also got some outstanding defense both in the infield and outfield.

Mastrianna said he could not recall any errors, but some outstanding plays were turned in by Kiernan Ursone, Drew Connolly, Ryan Osgood, Kieran McGovern, Jack Williams and Michael Tienken gave the team six strong innings behind the plate.

Offensively, Wilton scored four of its seven runs with two outs.

“As I told the boys, that is clutch hitting,” Mastrianna said.

A pair of Jacks (Mastrianna and Williams), Michael Tienken, JD Shannon and Kieran McGovern all came up with clutch hits for Wilton.

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The team’s next game is scheduled for Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at our the Wilton YMCA AAA field against a traditionally strong Springdale team.